Nord

French department in Hauts-de-France
Organization Department Of France Q12661

Facts

36 properties

Identity

Native label
Nord[39]
Official name
Nord[37]

Status and dates

Inception
March 4, 1790[19]

Location

Country
France[2]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 50.621°, 3.032°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Hauts-de-France, Nord-Pas-de-Calais[1]
More facts +28
Annual number of weddings
5.9k (5.9k–9.8k, n=6)
Area
+5742.8
Capital
Douai, Lille[4]
Coordinates of easternmost point
🗺️ 50.071°, 4.231°
Coordinates of northernmost point
🗺️ 51.090°, 2.545°
Coordinates of southernmost point
🗺️ 49.969°, 4.087°
Coordinates of westernmost point
🗺️ 51.010°, 2.077°
Demographics of topic
demographics of Nord
Different from
Nord[40]
Economy of topic
economy of Nord
Head of government
Jean-René Lecerf[3]
Highest point
Wikidata item[20]
Image harvest run
pdhero-20261109T032439Z
Image last checked license
CC BY-SA 3.0
Image unavailable reason
no_pd_license
Named after
north[10]
Office held by the head of government
president of the departmental council of Nord[32]
Permanent duplicated item
Wikidata item
Population
2.6M (2.6M–2.6M, n=9)[23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31]
Social media followers
+11281
🏷️ Also known as
en Northern Department en Nord en North ar نور de Departement Nord de Norddepartement el Νορ es Departamento de Norte es Département du Nord es Norte fa نورد fr Département du Nord he נור hi नोर ja ノール県 ko 노르주 nl 59 nl Noord nl Noorderdepartement nl Nord
🔖 Identifiers · 57
VIAF cluster ID
154803923
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n83014800
GND ID
4117909-2
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Hotel de préfecture du Nord.jpg ↗
ArchINFORM location ID
2748
BabelNet ID
03103862n
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
119343697
British Museum place ID
x31112
Data Commons ID
nuts/FR301
De Agostini ID
Nord+(Francia)
Dewey Decimal Classification
2--4428
Show all 57 identifiers +45
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Nord-department-France
FAST ID
1714289
FactGrid item ID
Prussian State Council
Freebase ID
/m/09lk2
GADM ID
FRA.7.2_1
GeoNames ID
2990129
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID
7002976
Google Maps Customer ID
219252782641785136
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
nord-1
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0046321
HASC
FR.NC.NO
IDAI.gazetteer ID
2081573
INSEE department code
59
INaturalist place ID
30203
ISO 3166-2 code
FR-59
Instagram username
departement59
J9U entity ID
987007564395305171
Joconde discovery ID
T115-2665
Joconde location ID
T84-1925
Kulturenvanteri taxonomy ID
7235
LinkedIn company or organization ID
département-du-nord
Marine Regions Geographic ID
97
Mindat locality ID
157036
Museum-digital place ID
6389
Münzkabinett ID
region/169
NUTS code
FR301, FRE11
OBO Gazetteer ID
00003415
OmegaWiki Defined Meaning
645497
OpenStreetMap relation ID
7400
PACTOLS thesaurus ID
pcrtisFKJyZOvm
SBN author ID
IEIV022084
Vatican Library VcBA ID
494/32742
Wellcome Collection concept ID
gsugjbs8
Who's on First ID
85683445
X (Twitter) username
lenord, departement59

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Shares border with 7
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Contains the administrative territorial entity 6
Language used 4
People who died here 4
Described by source 3
Capital 2
Located in the administrative territorial entity 2
Located in time zone 2
People born here 2
← Capital of 2
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 2
Category for films shot at this location 1
Category for people born here 1
Category for people who died here 1
Category of associated people 1
Country 1
Different from 1
FactGrid item ID 1
Head of government 1
Instance of 1
Named after 1
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SNARC ID 1
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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Nord include Nord-Pas-de-Calais[41], a historical region[42], in France[43], founded in 1960[44].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Nord include Nord-Pas-de-Calais[41], a historical region[42], in France[43], founded in 1960[44].

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  24. [24] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . Populations légales 2017. wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . Populations légales 2018. wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . Populations légales 2019. wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . Populations légales 2020. wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . Populations légales 2021. wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . Populations de référence 2022. wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . Populations de référence 2023. wikidata.org.
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  37. [37] ↑ . Code officiel géographique. wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [42] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [43] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [44] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · MystBot bot · 2026-11-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed claim qualifiers: Population: 2,615,635, Add reason for preferred rank to population for 2023 (details)"
  2. 9d ago · Ytterbyz · 2026-10-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    British Museum place ID → x31112
    "Created claim: British Museum place ID: x31112, Matched to Nord (#328357076) in British Museum place ID #m"
  3. 20w ago · Albgr03 · 2026-06-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    NUTS code → FR301, FRE11
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #36652: Remove redundant P421, they are available at a higher administrative level"
  4. 26w ago · AstroNecta · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → France
    Permanent duplicated item → Wikidata item
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 50.621388888889, 'lon': 3.0322222222222}
    Located in time zone → —
    + 34 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim: Data Commons ID: nuts/FR301"
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